Category Archives: Current Events

BODIES…The Exhibition. Not for the Faint of Heart.

These last couple of weeks have been extremely busy at work, and I haven’t had much time to devote to the blog. Now that the craziness has subsided, I’m back. I was even able to take off work on Thursday and Friday. (Though I can’t stop checking my email and responding to requests and calling [...]

Kimonos, Karate and…Starbucks?

Yesterday, while my dear husband cranked away at his Master’s Thesis all day long and did not even stop to watch a single video on YouTube, I went downtown to the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival, part of the Cherry Blossom Festival. I was expecting some Japanese lanterns, women dressed in kimonos, some sushi, and [...]

Right in my backyard

Larry and I live in Bethesda, one of the safest neighborhoods in the D.C. area. So when I heard about a 24-year old woman being sexually assaulted in an alley less than a block from my house, it made me queasy.
Police say that “the attack was most likely an isolated incident.” You just don’t expect [...]